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# If non-Kosher solid food is mixed up in a simple majority (51%) of Kosher food, and the non-Kosher food is similar in taste to the non-Kosher piece, is unrecognizable in the mixture, and the mixture is not hot or cooked together, then mixture as a whole is permissible. <Ref>S”A YD 109:1 </ref> | # If non-Kosher solid food is mixed up in a simple majority (51%) of Kosher food, and the non-Kosher food is similar in taste to the non-Kosher piece, is unrecognizable in the mixture, and the mixture is not hot or cooked together, then mixture as a whole is permissible. <Ref>S”A YD 109:1 </ref> | ||
# When a mixture is permissible because of nullification one person may eat the entire mixture at different intervals and not all at once. It is preferable for one Jew not to eat the entire mixture but rather leave one piece and let another person eat it. It is even more meritorious to be strict to discard one piece or to give it to a non-Jew. <Ref>S”A YD 109:1, The Laws of Kashrus (Rabbi Binyamin Forst; pg 54-6) </ref> | # When a mixture is permissible because of nullification one person may eat the entire mixture at different intervals and not all at once. It is preferable for one Jew not to eat the entire mixture but rather leave one piece and let another person eat it. It is even more meritorious to be strict to discard one piece or to give it to a non-Jew. <Ref>S”A YD 109:1, The Laws of Kashrus (Rabbi Binyamin Forst; pg 54-6) </ref> | ||
# Certain prohibited foods require a higher ratio for nullification. For example, Trumah, Challah, and Bikkurim require a 1 (forbidden) to 100 (permitted) ratio and Orlah and Kelayim require a 1 to 200 ratio. <Ref>Rambam Machalot Assurot 15:13-4 </ref> | # Certain prohibited foods require a higher ratio for nullification. For example, Trumah, [[Challah]], and Bikkurim require a 1 (forbidden) to 100 (permitted) ratio and Orlah and Kelayim require a 1 to 200 ratio. <Ref>Rambam Machalot Assurot 15:13-4 </ref> | ||
# Some have the practice to boil 3 eggs at a time so that if one is found with a blood spot, it will be nullified and not make the pot non-kosher. Some note that this practice is not necessary nowadays when the eggs are not fertilized.<ref>[http://www.kashrut.com/articles/eggs/ Halachically Speaking vol 4 issue 18]</ref> | # Some have the practice to boil 3 eggs at a time so that if one is found with a blood spot, it will be nullified and not make the pot non-kosher. Some note that this practice is not necessary nowadays when the eggs are not fertilized.<ref>[http://www.kashrut.com/articles/eggs/ Halachically Speaking vol 4 issue 18]</ref> | ||
==Bitul BeShishim== | ==Bitul BeShishim== | ||
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==Foods for which nullification doesn’t work== | ==Foods for which nullification doesn’t work== | ||
# If the prohibited food will be permitted after a certain time, nullification doesn’t work unless it is mixed with a different type of food (different in name) in which case Bitul BeShishim is effective.<Ref>Gemara Beitzah 3b, Rambam (Hilchot Maachalot Asurot 15:10), S”A YD 102:1 </ref> Therefore, [[Chadash]] grain can not be nullified. <Ref>The Laws of Kashrus (Rabbi Binaymin Forst; pg 62) </ref> | # If the prohibited food will be permitted after a certain time, nullification doesn’t work unless it is mixed with a different type of food (different in name) in which case Bitul BeShishim is effective.<Ref>Gemara Beitzah 3b, Rambam (Hilchot Maachalot Asurot 15:10), S”A YD 102:1 </ref> Therefore, [[Chadash]] grain can not be nullified. <Ref>The Laws of Kashrus (Rabbi Binaymin Forst; pg 62) </ref> | ||
# Tevel (produce of Israel wfrom which Trumot and Masserot have not been removed), wine poured to Avoda Zara, and produce of Isreal from the Shemitta (Sabbatical year) can’t be nullified unless it is mixed with a different type of food (different in name) in which case Bitul BeShishim is effective. <Ref> Rambam Machalot Assurot 15:6, 8 </ref> | # Tevel (produce of [[Israel]] wfrom which Trumot and Masserot have not been removed), wine poured to Avoda Zara, and produce of Isreal from the Shemitta (Sabbatical year) can’t be nullified unless it is mixed with a different type of food (different in name) in which case Bitul BeShishim is effective. <Ref> Rambam Machalot Assurot 15:6, 8 </ref> | ||
# Chametz on [[Pesach]] and foods use to serve Avoda Zara can not be nullified in any amount. <Ref>S”A OC 447, S”A YD 140 </ref> | # Chametz on [[Pesach]] and foods use to serve Avoda Zara can not be nullified in any amount. <Ref>S”A OC 447, S”A YD 140 </ref> | ||
# A complete creature or limb, a piece of meat which is suitable to serve guests, items which are always sold by unit (eggs which are sold by the dozen), and a prominent item (that Chazal specified) can not be nullified. <Ref> S”A YD 100, 101, S’A and Rama 110:1</ref> According to Ashkenazim a piece of meat which would be suitable to serve guests after being cooked is not able to be nullified and according to Sephardim only a piece of meat which is suitable to serve guests as of now (meaning, that it is cooked) is not able to be nullified. <Ref>S”A and Rama 101:3, Taz 101:5 </ref> | # A complete creature or limb, a piece of meat which is suitable to serve guests, items which are always sold by unit (eggs which are sold by the dozen), and a prominent item (that Chazal specified) can not be nullified. <Ref> S”A YD 100, 101, S’A and Rama 110:1</ref> According to Ashkenazim a piece of meat which would be suitable to serve guests after being cooked is not able to be nullified and according to Sephardim only a piece of meat which is suitable to serve guests as of now (meaning, that it is cooked) is not able to be nullified. <Ref>S”A and Rama 101:3, Taz 101:5 </ref> | ||
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